Polish Minister of Justice: The attacker in Kraków accessed websites about serial killer Anders Breivik

The perpetrator of the shooting that resulted in the deaths of six people in central Kraków had accessed websites about Anders Behring Breivik, the mass murderer responsible for the 2011 attacks in Norway, Polish Justice Minister Waldemar Zurek said on Tuesday. According to him, the investigation points to a possible influence of right-wing extremism.

The suspect, identified by prosecutors as 24-year-old Michal Oksinski, opened fire from a vehicle in Kraków’s central square. He was shot and arrested by police, but later died in hospital. The bodies of his father, mother, and sister were also found at his family home; authorities believe they may have been killed by him as well.

Zurek stated that a Gadsden flag, used by far-right groups in the United States, was found in the suspect’s room, while symbols discovered at his workplace could steer the investigation in the same direction. A silencer was also reportedly found in the attacker’s car.

The minister’s statements reignited the political dispute in Poland. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski had claimed from the first hours after the attack that the suspect had been influenced by the far right, a statement rejected by the leader of the nationalist Law and Justice party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski. Authorities said that the investigation is continuing to establish the motives behind the attack.